[+]Aaroneous Monk[+]

48 years on this planet  and to still feel so...  disconnected. It is shameful, really. Where is my gratitude? Where is the g...

The wind tousled his hair  over the tops of the corn, perched on a long branch planted deep in the ground, bending without ...

We start out so small, so vulnerable, and if it is possible to protect that little one inside of us, there is hope for t...

Push back  Your baser desires Steeped in selfishness And lack of empathy for others Push forward With kind words Outw...

What can I say about our English Springer Spaniel, Greta?  She has been with us for 15 years and I can’t imagine a better companion.  ...

My daughter’s eyes were huge pointing into our garage and  claiming she saw a mouse. We thought she’d seen one scamper across ...

It seemed he’d been on the porch for forever, maybe even forever and a day.  He’d claimed a corner of it at some remote moment and arr...

I’ve decided to riot today.  I’m totally fed up with myself. Someone will pay for my  insecurities, let me tell you. I’ve made ...

Hello, world. This is me saying “Hi.” I am simultaneously terrified and thrilled about this particular day that lies before me ...

It rained today of that I am certain. It rained today behind the curtain. I took it on faith when told it was true. I t...

It's like the words are whispered into my ear,  voices that I pull onto paper and then cock my head  to listen for more while p...

It was a small town that seemed big to a boy.  My father was a preacher and small business owner.  We attended church twice on Sunday...

It was a paperback book on my father’s shelf of religious books that heralded the first stirrings of what would later develop into the sex...

She floats in the darkness of my heart   glowing with a tender fire that dispels the cold and black places that seek to  overtake ...

His wife had awakened him  in the middle of the night  with a grand gesture towards their bedroom door. “They’re coming!” She exc...

He’d grown up in a backwater of Mars  amongst crumbling infrastructure on the  “outer rim of the dreaming dead city”.   And fr...